KLIMT, Gustav
(b. 1862, Baumgarten, d. 1918, Wien)

Beethoven Frieze: right wall (part 2, deatail)

1901
Casein paints, stucco coverings, various materials, gold plating on mortar
Secession Building, Vienna

Here "the longing for happiness finds its end in poetry." Klimt presents the figure of Poetry in a manner inspired by ancient examples. Klimt also draws on the repertoires of ancient, Egyptian, and archaic cultures in many other of the frieze's motifs.




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